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The Entire Series on How to Build a Large Blog Audience on MySpace

Posted by pointlessbanter • 8/12/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging, building an audience, myspace, promotion

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8/12/07

SportsNarrative

Looks good! I've just started having a read. It probably translates pretty well to blogs in general (I don't have a MySpace account.)

I'm going to brew up some black juice from hell in the morning and sit down for a nice long look at this series you've posted.

Cheers.

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1. 8/12/07
  
  pointlessbanter
  
  thanks, hope you find it helpful
8/12/07

crkian

Great been meaning to do this

Unless you want to do it for me

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1. 8/12/07
  
  pointlessbanter
  
  sure if you want to pay my going rate
2. 8/12/07
  
  crkian
  
  Is that a new wig for the puppet
8/12/07

jungl

Good stuff.

Whats next up on your agenda?

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1. 8/12/07
  
  pointlessbanter
  
  I have a few ideas.... how to promote an existing blog on myspace, my half hour a day marketing plan using social networking, maybe a case study using someone's current website... Not sure yet.
  
  Any ideas?
8/12/07

identikit

i know nothing about myspace .im going to read all

you can put it all here if you want

www.italiensk.info/News

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8/12/07

pointlessbanter

I should just put it on one post and then go put it on different sites.

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8/12/07

zawadi

Wish this was on mp3

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1. 8/12/07
  
  pointlessbanter
  
  If you can get Morgan Freeman or an acclaimed British actor to read it and record it be my guest.
8/12/07

crkian

John Cleese would be good

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1. 8/12/07
  
  jungl
  
  Or David Attenborough!
8/12/07

DaneMorgan

You touch briefly in the second article on MySpace layouts. Do you typically recommend that people starting out have a go at modding their own template or use a premade freebie? If the latter, are there any sources of premade layouts that aren't quite so heavy or so Goth as most of what one sees?

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1. 8/12/07
  
  pointlessbanter
  
  When I was building my audience on there I kept my page the standard layout, no music, no assault on the senses. I didn't even change my background color.
  
  Now I am doing some different things with overlays and different designs that are a little bit flashier. I don't have enough hard data on what people like more, like a success rate in adding people one way versus the other.
  
  I think an overview of the different options and services might be a good topic to cover.